Pinned
methinks tis high time I formally introduced myself!
brother mayhew
i’ve been at farnham for 15 years. i come from a family of farmers who served a liege lord. when i was 18 years old i, being young and fit, was called to fight for him against an invading rival. in the heat of the battle i said my first prayer: that if the lord in all His mercy would spare me i would turn away from my life of sin and devote the rest of my days to Him. within two days I arrived at farnham, unable to read or write but strong of body and able to work a plow. i have since become strong of mind under the tutelage of farnham’s finest!
tending the vegetable garden, orchard, and wheat field, looking after the beasts of burden (they are as much my brethren as the other monks) reading voraciously (currently hyperfixated on this italian poet named dante), scribing (my illuminations need work but my script is decent!), spirited debate with my brothers, book club with some of the sisters (shhhhhhhh…..)
brother eustace, the prior, my wife (we had been married but a few months when i left for farnham…)









